Speaking as a former Republican (a lousy Republican, but a registered one nonetheless) I can’t imagine why any women, or very many men, remain in the party. For many years I hoped that I was part of a moderating influence. The issue of torture finally made it impossible for me to remain (so now I’m a lousy Democrat…but that’s a different issue.) I suppose I was a tiny bit of the moderating influence that now appears to be entirely gone.

There is a subset of the population that doesn’t care a lot about the rights of others. I wonder how long it will take for conservative women to notice that they are about to lose some pretty basic rights for themselves?